The effects of stroboscopic visual training on elite athletes in game sports.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15391/si.2026-2.02Keywords:
stroboscopic effect, elite athletes, sports games, visual trainingAbstract
Stroboscopic training is a technique that involves the use of intermittent visual signals during motor actions. Stroboscopic glasses are increasingly used in sports training, as they allow you to simulate specific visual conditions. The glasses rhythmically switch between transparent and opaque phases, reducing the available amount of visual information and forcing the athlete to adapt the speed of its processing. The concept of stroboscopic training involves performing an exercise in which intermittent visual stimuli are used. This creates an additional load on the visual-motor system and contributes to better performance in conditions of normal vision.
Purpose: to review the effectiveness of using stroboscopic visual training in elite athletes in game sports.
Material and methods. To achieve the goal, theoretical methods of pedagogical research were used. To select articles for analysis on the effectiveness of stroboscopic visual training in elite athletes in game sports, Internet resources were used - databases Scopus, Web of Science, CrossRef, PubMed, Google Scholar.
Results. Stroboscopic visual training has a positive effect on reaction speed and acceleration of sensory information processing and its analysis, which, in turn, helps athletes in their efficiency of motor actions in various situations on the field. However, no effect was found on the speed of motor movements and their accuracy, and no additional positive effect of stroboscopic visual training in warm-up was observed compared to traditional warm-up.
Conclusions. The use of stroboscopic visual training is effective for elite athletes when it is used in the main part of the training, it can be recommended for the development of perceptual abilities of players. However, further research is needed before stroboscopic visual training will be regularly used in sports training.
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